CFP: The Fantastic in Children's and Young Adult Literature (11/30/05; 3/15/06-3/19/06)

The Fantastic in Children's and Young Adult Literature and ArtDrawn by the Fantastic27th Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the ArtsMarch 15-19, 2006Wyndham Ft. Lauderdale Airport HotelDania, Florida

The International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, held eachMarch in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a gathering of scholars, editors,writers, artists, and poets interested in discussion of fantasy, sciencefiction, and horror in literature, film and television, and other formsof popular culture. The conference is sponsored by the InternationalAssociation for the Fantastic in the Arts, an academic association withmembers from many different countries, with areas of interest divided intoseven divisions, including a Division for Children's and Young AdultLiterature and Art.

The focus of ICFA-27 is on the fantastic in media other than the writtenword or film, including comics and graphic novels, web design and photomanipulation, cover art and illustration, picture books and pulps, filmposters and CD covers, trading cards and tarot cards, cityscapes andlandscapes, maps and tattoos and costuming, not to mention the stuff youhang on walls.

Proposals are being solicited for the Children's and Young Adult Division.Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Contact: To submit a paper or panel proposal in the area of thefantastic in children's and young adult literature and art: DivisionHead Joe Sutliff Sanders, POT 1215, University of Kentucky, Lexington,KY 40506-0027 (DR.JOESS_at_GMAIL.COM)

In addition, we look forward to papers on the work of Guest of HonorCharles Vess, Guest Scholar M. Thomas Inge, and Special Guest WriterKathleen Ann Goonan.

As always, we also welcome proposals for individual papers and foracademic sessions and panels on any aspect of the fantastic in any media.

The deadline for submission of proposals is November 30, 2005.

Keep checking www.iafa.org for updated information on the association,conference guests, registration, and submission information, as well asfurther details on suggested topics for academic papers and panels.